17-Year Old Israeli Stabbed and Wounded in Jerusalem

Two attackers stabbed a 17-year-old Israeli in the back in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, lightly wounding him. Security forces are scouring the area for the attackers, who fled the scene.

The teenager was attacked at 5.40pm on Sultan Suleiman Street, next to Damascus Gate outside the Old City. Paramedics treated the teenager at the scene, before he was taken to the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital. The hospital confirmed that it had received the teenager in its emergency room, lightly wounded but conscious.